ordinary share
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ordinary share
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, earnings per ordinary share are expected to range from a decline of 2.6% to an increase of 6.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I admired, more than I enjoyed, this folk-horror fable set in the lush rural landscapes of 19th-century Macedonia, where the supernatural and the ordinary share a fraught coexistence.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Sea is proposing to increase the voting power of each Class B ordinary share to 15 votes from three.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2022
The CD&R private equity group won the auction early in October with an offer of 287p per Morrisons ordinary share, against a rival bid from Fortress, for 286p per share.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2021
It was true that many of the priests were disposed to the wildest theories of democracy,—they were men of more than ordinary capacity, with far less than the ordinary share of worldly advantages.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
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